<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Check your /etc/host file. We've had issues if the /etc/host file is not just right the loopback fails to work for aips. You should have the line like<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>127.0.0.1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>localhost.localdomain localhost</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>and nothing else.</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>wes</div><div><a href="mailto:wyoung@aoc.nrao.edu">wyoung@aoc.nrao.edu</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Sridharan Rengaswamy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hello,<br><br> I am a new user of AIPS; have just managed to install (source file installation, not binary)<br>it in my personal, linux laptop (ubuntu). Installation seems to<br>work fine; I am able to test simple commands such as print,5+5 etc. <br><br>[ My name is sridharan rengaswamy (sridhar for short); machine name is chandrama; it is my personal laptop. ]<br>But there is a problem : related to TV display. I have "exported" the display: Here is what I get when I start aips. <br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>sridhar@chandrama:~/aips$ . ./LOGIN.SH<br>sridhar@chandrama:~/aips$ export DISPLAY=CHANDRAMA:0<br>sridhar@chandrama:~/aips$ aips<br>START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the <br>START_AIPS: - system name , AIPS type <br> <br>START_AIPS: User data area assignments:<br> (Using global default file /home/sridhar/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for DADEVS.PL)<br> Disk 1 (1) is /home/sridhar/aips/DATA/CHANDRAMA_1 <br><br>Tape assignments: <br> Tape 1 is REMOTE<br> Tape 2 is REMOTE<br> <br>START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called CHANDRAMA<br>TVDEVS.SH: Remote TV assigned for TVHOST CHANDRAMA ***<br>START_AIPS: Checking if CHANDRAMA is reachable via ssh... <br>START_AIPS: Cannot start remote TV servers on CHANDRAMA, sorry!<br>START_AIPS: remote command gave this error:<br>ssh: connect to host CHANDRAMA port 22: Connection refused<br>START_AIPS: check your secure shell setup, in particular <br>START_AIPS: whether you have a passphrase enabled. You may<br>START_AIPS: wish to try 'ssh -v CHANDRAMA pwd' to see<br>START_AIPS: what the problem is.<br>START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on CHANDRAMA asynchronously... <br>Starting up 31DEC08 AIPS with normal priority<br>Begin the one true AIPS number 1 (release of 31DEC08) at priority = 0 <br>AIPS 1: You are not on a local TV device, welcome stranger<br>AIPS 1: You are assigned TV device/server 2 <br>AIPS 1: You are assigned graphics device/server 2<br>AIPS 1: Enter user ID number<br>?STARTPMON: [CHANDRAMA] Starting TPMON1 with output SUPPRESSED<br>ZVTPO3: tcp/aipsmt0 is not a service<br>ZVTPO3: check /etc/services or NIS map! <br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>I preses enter here and do the following:<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>AIPS 1: Enter user ID number <br>?1<br>Password:<br>AIPS 1: 31DEC08 AIPS:<br>AIPS 1: Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Associated Universities, Inc.<br>AIPS 1: AIPS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;<br>AIPS 1: for details, type HELP GNUGPL <br>AIPS 1: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it<br>AIPS 1: under certain conditions; type EXPLAIN GNUGPL for details.<br>AIPS 1: Previous session command-line history recovered.<br>AIPS 1: TAB-key completions enabled, type HELP READLINE for details. <br>AIPS 1: Recovered POPS environment from last exit<br>>print,5+5<br>AIPS 1: 10<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br><br>1. obviously, my machine could not be accessed via ssh. do I need to register at NRAO site for this? <br><br>sridhar@dhandrama:~$ ssh -v chandrama pwd<br>OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007<br>debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config<br>debug1: Applying options for *<br>debug1: Connecting to chandrama [ <a href="http://127.0.1.1"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "127.0.1.1" claiming to be</b></font> 127.0.1.1</a>] port 22.<br>debug1: connect to address <a href="http://127.0.1.1"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "127.0.1.1" claiming to be</b></font> 127.0.1.1</a> port 22: Connection refused<br>ssh: connect to host chandrama port 22: Connection refused<br><br><br> Can't I use AIPS independently, in my machine, even when I am not connected to internet (of course<br>I can upgrade it whenever I have access to internet; By the way, I have Wi-fi and I am mostly<br>accessing internet via wireless networks. <br><br>2. problems with tape drives: I looked at /etc/services which contains lots of tcp names; but I don't know<br>how to proceed further; Do we require tape drives? Can't one use data in DVD/CD/external hard disks. <br>I mean, can't one disable tape drives option during installation?<br><br>How do i change printer/tape seeting; as my machine is not going to be attached with<br>any tapes/printers, I plan to convert figures in .ps or .pdf format and copy in external disks <br>(pen drives for example) whenever I need printout.<br><br>Can I edit .AIPSRC file to solve these problems? What has to be done?<br><br>In short, I have a personal laptop, which I might use even when not connected to internet. <br>I want to install AIPS in it, with display enabled. <br><br><br>thanks,<br>sridhar<br><br>PS: here is .AIPSRC file:<br><br># AIPSRC created by install.pl on Fri Jan 11 13:37:27 2008<br>#<br>LAST_VERSION = 31DEC08<br>AIPS_ROOT = /home/sridhar/aips <br>GROUP = sridhar<br>GROUPWRITE = YES<br>INSTALL_FROM_CD = NO<br>INSTALL_FROM_NET = NO<br>ARCH = LINUX<br>IS64 = NO<br>SITE = SRIDHARLAPTOP<br>THISHOST = CHANDRAMA<br>HOSTS = "CHANDRAMA"<br>PRINTERS = "" <br>DATA_AREAS = "/home/sridhar/aips/DATA/CHANDRAMA_1:NONE"<br>TAPE_DRIVES = ""<br>TPHOSTS = "<a href="http://127.0.0.1"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "127.0.0.1" claiming to be</b></font> 127.0.0.1</a>"<br>PRINTMED = A<br>FORT = /usr/bin/g77<br>FORTOPT = -c -fno-automatic -fno-globals -Wno-globals -malign-double -Wimplicit -Wall <br>CCOM = /usr/bin/gcc<br>CCOMOPT = -c -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -I/home/sridhar/aips/31DEC08/INC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_LINUX_GLIBC<br>LINK = /usr/bin/g77<br>READLINE =<br>DOTWOLIB = NO<br>DOWNLOADED = 2008.01.11:12:34.49<br>UNPACKED = Unpacked in /home/sridhar/aips at Fri Jan 11 13:35:27 2008<br><br>#---- End of AIPSRC file<br><br><br> _______________________________________________<br>Daip mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Daip@listmgr.cv.nrao.edu">Daip@listmgr.cv.nrao.edu</a><br>http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/daip<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>